This website is about Canada Megans Law. This is a very sensitive and important issue for most people. We love our children. We respect them as the buddies stars of the future. And we want to protect them as much as we can.
In the United States, anybody can search for offenders in their area. It is actually very quite simple to do as there are many websites with that information publicly available and with maps so you can pinpoint just exactly where these offenders are staying.
Canada kind of has a system like this of themselves but it is not available to the public. The unfortunate thing is that if you cannot view it as a public citizen then what can you do about it?
There is a lot of controversy out there as to whether or not we really need the Megan's law. So what if you can check for offenders, you can't put them in prison again. Worst case, you would have a lot of needless worry and scaredness about people.
Others say it is great. Before moving to a new area or before allowing your child to play at another's house, you can ensure that your child is with someone that hasn't been profiled.
In Canada, Megan's law is called "Christopher's Law". This is quoted from CommunityPolicing.ca, "Starting today, changes to Ontario's Sex Offender Registry will enable police to better monitor sex offenders and keep Ontario communities safer. Under the amendments to Christopher's Law (http://www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/English/police_serv/sor/sor.html), sex offenders will be required to register if they are: - Serving an intermittent sentence (e.g., on weekends) - Released on a temporary absence pass - Found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder and are released on a day pass - Released on bail pending an appeal.
